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A traditional basketball powerhouse who can’t seem to find the same success on the gridiron, just another story of the pathetic ACC who gets to count as a power-five conference. A top heavy conference whose good for two or three BCS contenders, the Orange typically find themselves at the bottom or near the bottom of the conference standings. The one positive is that since Dino Babers has taken over as head coach, his teams have been able to produce some unthinkable upsets, and his team will look to continue this trend in 2018.
2018-2019 Summary
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As far as coaching goes, Dino Babers has done a remarkable job of getting at least one head-scratching win during his time with the Orange. Always short on talent, you can count on his squads to pull one out each season. In 2016 the Orange defeated a BCS hopeful Virginia Tech team and was followed up with one of the most legendary speeches by a coach the world has ever seen. A year ago, his team beat the defending champions Clemson in the Carrier Dome; the biggest win in upstate New York for over two decades. But as mentioned before, his teams are always inferior when it comes to depth and talent, and 2018 is looking like the same story. It won’t even matter if quarterback Eric Dungey is healthy or not because the team would be better off seeing what they have in highly touted four-star recruit Tommy Devito. Whoever it ends up being, the road to five wins would be something to cheer up. The Orange will be an underdog in every ACC game and with non-conference games against a tough Western Michigan team and Notre Dame, it is looking like Dino Babers heroics could be coming to an end.
Record: Wins 4, Losses 8
Week 1: Syracuse 28, Western Michigan 24 (W)
Week 2: Syracuse 49, Wagner 18 (W)
Week 3: Syracuse 16, Florida State 38 (L)
Week 4: Syracuse 35, UConn 20 (W)
Week 5: Syracuse 17, Clemson 41 (L)
Week 6: Syracuse 23, Pitt 38 (L)
Week 7: Bye
Week 8: Syracuse 24, North Carolina 20 (W)
Week 9: Syracuse 20, NC State 33 (L)
Week 10: Syracuse 24, Wake Forest 40 (L)
Week 11: Syracuse 24, Louisville 41 (L)
Week 12: Syracuse 23, Notre Dame 31 (L)
Week 13: Syracuse 34, Boston College 38 (L)
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